Honestly, I like this idea, just because it means I could block your instance in my app and instantly filter out that kind of content, just like how someone can block lemmynsfw to get rid of almost all porn.
Comment on Lemmy instances that are focused on mirroring Reddit content?
rglullis@communick.news 8 months agoFair enough. One of the design reasons that I am working from a separate instance for the bots is that it makes it easy for admins to block in case they are worried about being flooded.
Hazzard@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Spzi@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I hope this feature becomes included in all views soon. Some apps support it, others do not. Web view does not, AFAIK.
Even then, I think it’s concerning. Yes, advanced users have tools to deal with the problem. But not everyone is an advanced user. Most people will have to rely on their instance admin to take care of instance blocking.
We should consider the experience of newcomers, especially since the intent of this bot seems to be to increase activity in niche communities. Newcomers are the people who can increase activity. We should aim to make Lemmy more welcoming and interesting for them, out of the box, not expect them to tweak their settings to have a bearable experience.
rglullis@communick.news 8 months ago
That’s the spirit!
cosmic_slate@dmv.social 8 months ago
rglullis@communick.news 8 months ago
Only if someone set this up to mirror some large subreddit, which would be frankly stupid: the service still requires a reddit API key and they would quickly go over the limits of the free tier if they pulled data from the larger subs, also instances that would be flooding other communities would quickly be banned.
This is why I am being very careful about setting this up. I am not going to set these bots to any community unless I get explicit approval from the admins and mods, and I am not going to create mirrors from any subreddit with more than 250k subscribers.
cosmic_slate@dmv.social 8 months ago
You missed my point.
It’s going to make Lemmy seem dead because the ghost-comments aren’t something someone can really reply to and get a response, like you can with Lemmy today. At best people would be commenting to the void.